India's Oprah Winfrey wants to meet the real Oprah

Telugu actress Lakshmi Manchu who hosted the most popular South chat show 'Lakshmi Talk Show' is looking forward to meet her idol Oprah Winfrey.

Telugu actress Lakshmi Manchu who hosted the most popular South chat show Lakshmi Talk Show is looking forward to meet her idol Oprah Winfrey.

Popular international celebrity and TV mogul Oprah Winfrey is on her Indian visit and one Indian celebrity who is looking forward to meet her soon is Telugu actress Lakshmi Manchu. And there is good reason why.

For the uninitiated, Lakshmi Manchu started her acting career with foreign television shows like Desperate Housewives and Las Vegas and further went on to make a name for herself in South India with her popular television chat show Lakshmi Talk Show. Her talk show holds the record of the highest TRP for any South show till date and Lakshmi admits that Oprah Winfrey was her reference point for the show.

"Oprah is the most charismatic lady. I have grown up watching her shows. She has indeed touched so many lives and I am one of them," says Lakshmi who plans to meet Winfrey soon. "I am very excited about meeting her because she is the one who has taught all of us to be passionate about our dreams and yes my dreams are coming true," she smiles.

Lakshmi Manchu will soon be making her Hindi debut with RGV's Department and Tamil debut with Mani Ratnam's Pookadai. Ask the busy actress if she plans to revive her talk show and she says, "It involved a lot of work. The production values had to be high. I would want to do another season in a year's time maybe but there is nothing on the cards as of now."